The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-16
A BLAZE In THE OLD CITY
$4,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY
LAID IN RUINS.

X12S,OOO WOhIE OF RtSOFGhI
LAID IN RUINS.
The Total Insurance Only About
3oooo-The Blaze Originated in the
Paint and Oil Department of a
Grocery Store--Delay of the Fire
Department In Getting to Work.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Dec. I5-Fire
broke out about ! 80 o'clock this afternoon
in the paint and oil room of G. +. Hamblen's
wholesale and retail grocery, paint, oil and
hardware store. Within fifteen minutes
the entire building was wrapped in flames
before any of the stock could be saved
The flames soon spread to the Gordon block,
which was occupied by Paris Bros,
dealers in dry goods, Estes & Brown,
dealers in dry goods, and George A.
Tower, dealer in cigars aud stationery.
This block was burned to the ground with
in three quarters of an hour after catching
The wooden building in the rear of Hamb-
lens store, owned by F. f. Wetzel, and oc-
cupied by A. A. Papy, as barber shop and
7. e. Burk, tailor, were the next build
ings to burn.
SPREAD SOUTH.
The fire then spread south on Charlotte
and Hospital streets, taking the City Coun-
Gil ROOM the city market, F. +. DeMedici,s
saloon, Colee & Drysdale's saloon and l.. T..
Canova's saloon in its course. Thence the
Aspinwall cottage, owned by j.
A. Aspinwall, of New York,
and unoccupied at present. The
cottage and furniture were valued at Sd,
900. The amount of the insurance cannot
I've learned here to-day, as the owner is alb
sent Here the fire was checked by the he
roic efforts of the firemen. The Sanchez
block was saved with great difficulty, it be-
ing separated from Hamblen's by a street
only twenty feet wide.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The losses, as near as can be learned, are
about as follows:
c. F. Hamblen, stock, $35 900; insurance,
$4,000.
j. H. Long, building, occupied by Long,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Paris Bros, stock, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000
Estes & Brown, stock, ST., 500; insurance,
$500.
G. W; Tower, stock, $1,000. OF this he
saved 81 600
F. E. Wetzell, buildings, $500 No in
surance.
Mrs. Masters, building, occupied by De
Medicis, Colee & Drysdale, 5000; no
insurance.
F.E De Medicis, stock and fixtures, $50
no insurance.
Colee a Drysdale, stock and fixtures,
81 900; no insurance.
l.. T. Canova, saloon, building and stock,
$1,000; no insurance.
Will g. Anheuser, damage to stock by
water, $3.50; fully insured
The city loses on the Council room and
market house about 81 900, with no insur-
ance.
R. H. Go=S,ps block was occupied by
Paris Bros, relAs q Brown and Tower
The loss on tn sidng is $1,000, and on
furniture and household goods 81, 900 The
insurance is s., 900.
Sanchez & Son suffered damage to their
building and stock aggregating $1,000
They have no insurance.
The Sanchez block was occupied by I. f.
j. Herman, druggist, L. E. Medicis, dealer
in dry goods, Quest a. Mitchell, dealers in
gentlemens furnishing goods and clothing,
moved their stocks and lost by damage and
theft as follows: Herman, $500: Medici,
$500; Quest x Mitchell, 5000; Splitter &
Sons, $3.50.
A large portion of the stocks of Estes
& Brown, and Paris Bros, was removed
from the building but was burned by being
left too near the fire.
The f1re department consists OF two new
Silsby steamers and one hook and ladder
company. They rendered good service after
getting up steam and getting into opera
ton, which was not until forty minutes
after the fire broke out. The total losses
foot up sl25 900 with $4,000 insurance.
One of the clerks who went to draw some
oil threw lighted match ON the floor,
which started the fire.
BLAZE AT BARLOW
BARLOW, FLA, Dec 15-Fire occurred
here tonight, destroying cottage occupied
by J. y. Dunlap, ana owned by w. T. Car
penter. The furniture was saved. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is
$780, but no insurance